![]() ![]() Further, "dreams," the metaphoric value of which are pretty clear, are something he deals with. He probably isn't self-aware enough to admit his longing to himself, but Robert inspires him to realize that he is lacking for company. Though generally glib and arrogant, the narrator in this passage reveals his intuition that he's not as happy or fulfilled as he might think. Sometimes I'd wake up from one of them, my heart going crazy." the narrator of "Cathedral," about having Robert keep him company, page 222 When I did go to sleep, I had these dreams. ![]() My wife and I hardly ever went to bed at the same time. Every night I smoked dope and stayed up as long as I could before I fell asleep. "Then I said, 'I'm glad for the company.'Īnd I guess I was. Much of his personality defect is apparent in this quote. But before that, the narrator is disassociated from himself – he sees the world through the TV and movies – and has no interest in seeing how things work in the real world. The epiphany at the end of the story finds the narrator opening himself to new experiences, to a new way of looking at the world. This admission from the narrator illustrates his close-mindedness and unwillingness to experience something new. A blind man in my house was not something I looked forward to." the narrator of "Cathedral", about Robert's impending visit, page 209 Sometimes they were led by seeing-eye dogs. In the movies, the blind moved slowly and never laughed. ![]() My idea of blindness came from the movies. ![]()
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